PEARLS OF THE ORIEXT

tions) is 26.9° C. or about 78° F. The
variation in mean monthly temperature is
slight—about 13° F.in northern Luzon and
5° F. in southern Mindanao. Though trop-
ical, except in the higher plateaus and
mountains, the temperature in the shade
rarely reaches 100° F., and the nights are
cooler than the summer nights in many
temperate regions. The humidity is high,
averaging about 80% with a variation
from about 75^ to about 80%. Baguio,
the beautiful resort 175 miles from Ma-
nila in the mountains at nearly 5,000 feet
elevation, has an average temperature of
17.9° C. or about 64° F. The cool nights
make open fires welcome. In Manila the
climate from November to February is

delightful. April and May are warm and
dry.

The average rainfall for the Islands is
82 inches, the variation being from less
than 40 inches in some of the southern
islands to 181 inches in Baguio. The lat-
ter claims the world's rainfall record for
twenty-four hours, more than 46 inches,
from noon July 14 to July 15, 1911. This
deluge caused landslides that held back
the Bued River until it was more than a
hundred feet deep over the scenic road
that follows its course to Baguio. Finally
the dam gave way and steel bridges were
swept away, twisted and torn asunder as
if the steel beams were strips of paper.

The rainy season coincides with the

THE MANGO HARVEST IN THE PHILIPPINES

The Mango is one of the most delicious fruits known, and those grown in the Philippines

have no superiors in quality. The only rival of the mango is the mangosteen. This picture

is a reproduction of a painting by F. Amorsolo, a talented Filipino artist whose paintings

have been exhibited in several cities of Europe and the United States.

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